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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio and television communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
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REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA
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INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER
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CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM
THAT OF THE RECEIVER
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CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO/TELEVISION TECHNICIAN
NOTE: Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B
requirements, or using an unshielded peripheral data cable, could also result in
harmful interference to radio or television reception.
The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to
operate this equipment.
To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is
necessary to use shielded I/O cables.
Copyright
This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved. No portion of this manual may be
copied or reproduced by any means.
While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual, no responsibility
for errors or omissions is assumed. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting
from the use of the information contained herein.
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- Page 1 Electronic Emission Notices Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio and television communications.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TablE Of CONTENTs HardwarE CONfiguraTiON ..............4 Key Features ....................4 MOTHErbOard layOuT ................7 rEar paNEl ....................8 audiO CONfiguraTiON ................9 JuMpEr sETTiNg ..................10 CMOS Clear - JP1 ...................10 CONNECTOrs .....................11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector - CN3 ............11 Hard Disk Connectors - CN1 ..............11 Serial ATA Hard Disk Connectors - SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4(optional) ..........12 . Fan Power Connectors - CPU FAN/SYS FAN1/SYS FAN2 (optional) ........... - Page 3 PNP/PCI Configurations ................27 PC Health Status ..................27 Frequency/Voltage Control ..............28 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ................28 Load Optimized Defaults .................28 Set Supervisor/User Password ..............28 Save & Exit Setup ..................28 Exit Without Saving ..................28 Flash Update Procedure ................31 rEalTEK Hd audiO driVEr sETup ............32 Getting Started ..................32 Sound Effect ....................32 Environment Simulation ................32 Equalizer Selection ..................33 Frequently Used Equalizer Setting ............33 Karaoke Mode ..................33...
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Page 4: Hardware Configuration
HardwarE CONfiguraTiON Key features : Chipset • NVIDIA MCP73PV. processor • Supports Intel® Celeron® , Pentium® 4, Pentium® D, Core 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 -pin package (with 0.8V~1.6V voltage). • Supports PSB (Processor System Bus) frequency of 533MHz/800MHz/ 1066MHz/1333MHz. • Supports Hyper-Threading Technology. system Memory •... - Page 5 Onboard fast Ethernet Controller • The RTL8201CL supports 10Mb/s &100Mb/s. • One RJ45 Port. • The RTL8111B support PCIE 1000Mb/s(optional). plug-and-play • Supports Plug and Play specification 1.1. • Plug and Play for Windows2000/XP/Vista. • Fully steerable PCI interrupts. power Management • Support SMM, APM, ACPI • Break switch for instant suspend/resume on system operations. • Energy star “...
- Page 6 • This motherboard support USB2.0 only Windows® 2000 (with SP4 or above), Windows® XP (with SP1 or above) and above operating systems. pCiE x 1 Controller • Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a. • One virtual channel support for full unsynchronized data transfers. • Supports full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction per x1 lane. pCi Express graphics interface • One X16 slot PCI Express graphics port. • Fully compliant with the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a.
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Page 7: Motherboard Layout
Motherboard layout The following diagram shows the relative positions of the jumpers, connectors, major components and memory banks on the motherboard. LGA775 Socket NOTE : 1) Be sure to check the HDD cable orientation in order to match the colored strip to the pin 1 end of the connector. 2) When you start up the system, please wait for 5 seconds after you power on AC. -
Page 8: Rear Panel
rear panel The back panel provides the following connectors: Mouse Connector The motherboard provides a standard PS/2 mouse mini DIN connector for ® attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse directly into this ® ® connector. Keyboard Connector The motherboard provides a standard PS/2 keyboard mini DIN connector for ®... -
Page 9: Audio Configuration
serial port Connector: CN9 The Port is 16550A high speed communication ports that send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connectors. spdif iN and spdif OuT Connectors (optional) The motherboard provides a SPDIF IN Connector and a SPDIF OUT Connector parallel port Connector:CN8 The motherboard provides... -
Page 10: Jumper Setting
Jumper setting This chapter explains how to configure the motherboard’s hardware. Before us- ing your computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set correctly. Refer to this chapter whenever in doubt. LGA775 Socket Jp1-CMOs Clear JCMOs1 selection 1-2* Normal* CMOS Clear Close Open * = Default setting. If you want to clear the system configuration, use the JP1 (Clear CMOS Jumper) to clear data. Notice: 1. Be sure to save the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS. -
Page 11: Connectors
CONNECTOrs The motherboard provides connectors to connect to the FDD, IDE HDD, SATA, USB Ports and to CPU/PWR/System FAN etc. floppy disk drive Connector - CN3 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. Hard disk Connectors:CN1 The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 function. -
Page 12: Serial Ata Hard Disk Connectors
serial aTa Hard disk Connectors - saTa1, saTa2, saTa3, saTa4 (optional) The motherboard has four SATA connectors. The motherboard provides optional dual high-speed Serial ATA interface ports, SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4. Each supports 2 generation serial ATA data rates of 300MB/s. All connector types are fully compliant with Serial ATA 2.0 specifications. Each Serial ATA connector can connect to 1 hard disk device. Please refer to SATA Raid Setup for details on software installation procedure. -
Page 13: Fan Power Connectors - Cpu Fan/Sys Fan1/Sys Fan2 (Optional)
fan power Connectors - Cpu faN / sys faN1 / sys faN2(optional) The CPUFAN (processor fan), SYS FAN1, SYS FAN2 support system cool-ing fans using +12V via a three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. -
Page 14: Front Panel Audio Header - Fp_S1
front panel audio Header: fp- s1 This motherboard supports front panel microphone and speaker out ports. If your computer case has these ports, connect them to FP-S1. LGA775 Socket fp-s1 FP - S1 Pin Definition piN assignment MIC2(L) MIC(R) -ACZ-DET Front Audio(R) Reserved FAVDIO - JD Key (No pin) Front Audio(L) Reserved... -
Page 15: Usb Connectors - Fp_U1/Fp_U2/Fp_U3(Optional)
usb Connectors - fp_u1/fp_u2/fp_u3 (optional) This motherboard has ten USB ports. Some computer cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use the auxiliary USB connectors FP_ U1/FP_U2/FP_U3 to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard. LGA775 Socket fp_u3 fp_u1... -
Page 16: Ieee1394 Connectors - Cn4(Optional)
iEEE 1394 Connector: CN4 (optional) The motherboard provides one 1394 pin headers that allow you to connect IEEE 1394 ports. CN4- Pin Definition LGA775 Socket piN assignment TPA+ TPA- Ground Ground TPB+ TPB- Cable power Cable power Key (no pin) Ground IEEE Cable (optional) Technical Reference Booklet... -
Page 17: Spdif-In/Out Header - Cn7(Optional); Serial Port Connector - Cn9
serial port Connectors - CN9 spdif-in/Out Header - CN7 (optional) This header provides a SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) Input & output to digital multimedia device through fiber or coaxial connector. LGA775 Socket SPDIF-in 2 SPDIF-out1 CN9 port CN7 - Pin Definition sigNal piN assignment SPDIF-out SPDIF-in +3.3V +3.3V... -
Page 18: Cd-In Connector - Cd1(Optional)
Cd-iN Connector - Cd1 (optional) The connector is for CD-ROM Drive. LGA775 Socket CD - Pin Definition piN assignment CD-L CD-R Technical Reference Booklet... -
Page 19: Front Panel Headers - Fp1
front panel Header - fp1 The motherboard provides one front panel connector. LGA775 Socket... -
Page 20: Slots
slots The motherboard provides one PCI-E X16 slot , one PCI-E X1 slots and two 32-bit PCI slots. LGA775 Socket pCi-E X1 slot pCi-E X16 slot pCi slots pCi (peripheral Component interconnect) slots The PCI slots allow you to insert expansion cards to meet your needs. When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the power supply first. Read the documentation for the expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration. Technical Reference Booklet... -
Page 21: Cpu Installation
Cpu installation Please follow the steps below to install the CPU. 1.Use index finger and thumb to move metal lever so it is separated from the bottom steel shell grip hook. 2.Use index finger to lift the top steel 3.Use index finger and thumb to place the CPU onto the plastic body (look for the gold arrow on the CPU. - Page 22 4.Use index finger and thumb to press down metal lever, the cap will be pushed up by the CPU; this mayalso be done by removing the cap beforehand. 5.Press the metal lever so it is secured in the bottom steel shell grip hook. 6. It’s recommended that the CPU heatsink should be an approval by Intel corporation design for Prescott CPU.
- Page 23 7. Align the fastener tips with the motherboard hole pattern, insert the fastener tips into the holes, guiding the wires to avoid pinching. The fasteners will slide through the motherboard holes with no insertion force. 8.Engage the fasteners caps. Apply thumb pressure to the top of each of the 4 fastener caps, there is no specific order of engagement, you will...
- Page 24 MEMORY CONFIGURATIONS DDRII DIMM Sockets Location Please refer to the following figure for the location of the DDRII DIMM Sock- ets. LGA775 Socket Technical Reference Booklet...
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Page 25: Install Ddrii Dimms
install ddrii diMMs please follow the steps below to install ddrii diMMs. 1. Hold the DDRII DIMM module by the edges and remove it from its antistatic package. 2. Make sure the clips at either end of the DIMM socket are pushed away from the socket. Clip DDRII DIMM Clip DDRII DIMM Notch 3. -
Page 26: Bios Setup
biOs sETup about the setup utility The motherboard uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the motherboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters. -
Page 27: Main Menu
Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. Phoenix - Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features ... -
Page 28: Frequency/Voltage Control
frequency/ CPU speed setting are settings of CPU speed. You should Voltage Control refer to your CPU marking. load fail-safe The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer and defaults represent settings which provide the minimum requirements for your sys to operate load Optimized The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum defaults system performance. - Page 29 date The date format is <day-of-the-week>. <month> <day> <year>. Time The time format is <hour> <Minute> <second> displayed in 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p. m. is displayed as 13:00:00. primary These categories identify the types of the two channels that Master/primary have been installed in the computer. slave/secondary Master/secondary If the controller of the HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”.
- Page 30 set supervisor/user password When this function is selected, the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password. ENTEr passwOrd Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>.
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Page 31: Flash Update Procedure
flasH update procedure The program AWDFLASH.EXE is included on the driver CD (D:\Utility\ AWDFLASH.EXE). Please follow the recommended procedure to update the flash BIOS, as listed below. 1. Create a DOS-bootable floppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS file (just obtained or downloaded) and the utility program AWDFLASH.EXE to the diskette. 2. Allow the PC system to boot from the DOS diskette. 3. -
Page 32: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup
realtek Hd audio driver setup getting started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on-screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”... -
Page 33: Equalizer Selection
Equalizer selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are avail- able: frequently used Equalizer setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equalizer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment. -
Page 34: Mixer
Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” func- tions into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output. Tool show the following volume control √ This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed, total 13 items to be chosen. -
Page 35: Recording Control
With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. recording control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input. -
Page 36: Audio I/O
audio i/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) func- tion or input (i.e. -
Page 37: Speaker Configuration
Speaker Configuration step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack. step 2: Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. * I f the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device. * If not correct, Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack. -
Page 38: Global Connector Settings
global Connector settings Click to access global connector settings Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in √ Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. disable front panel jack detection (option) √ Did not find any function on front panel jacks? Please check if front jacks on your system are so-called AC’97 jacks. If so, please check this item to disable front panel jack detection. -
Page 39: S/Pdif
Output sampling rate √ 44.1KHz: This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio. Output source √ Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3,.midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out. S/PDIF-in to S/PDIF -out pass though mode: The data from S/PDIF-In can be real-time played from S/PDIF-Out. -
Page 40: Microphone
Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancella- tion” are both enabled. Noise suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and suppress disturbing noise. -
Page 41: Audio Demo
audio demo The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way. information This section provides information about your current system audio device. -
Page 42: Sata Raid User Manual
saTa raid user Manual setting up the biOs Setting your computer, then press Delete to enter the Bios setup. The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears. Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals, then press Enter. TheIntegrated Peripherals window appears. Technical Reference Booklet... - Page 43 Use the arrow keys to select the RAID Config, then press Enter. The RAID Config window appears. 4. From the RAID Config window,enable RAID, then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks. 5. Press F10 to save the configuration and exit. The PC reboo Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted, and proceed to set up the NVRAID BIOS as described in the next Section.
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Page 44: Entering The Raid Bios Setup
Entering the raid biOs setup After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software promptint you to press F10. 2. The NVIDIA RAID Utility –Define a New Array window appears 3. In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or Down ARROW key to select a RAID Mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0) and Stripe Mirroring (RAID 0+1), Spanning(JBOD) and RAID 5. The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation. - Page 45 Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says “Clear disk data?” will appear. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) After that, then Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear.
- Page 46 To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen, where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. To delete the array, press D in the Array Detail screen. When the “Delete this array?” message appears, press Y to confirm or N to cancel. Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen. To exit the Nvidia RAID utility, press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl+X in the Array List screen.
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Page 47: Installing The Raid Drivers
installing the raid drivers After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the windowsXP CD. The Windows Setup program starts. Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to ap- pear. - Page 48 Specify the NVIDIA drivers. (1). Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. (2). Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER” and then press Enter. Technical Reference Booklet...
- Page 49 (3). Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. (4). Select “NVDIA Nforce Storage Controller” and then press Enter. Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.
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